Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Up a little later—7:30 a.m.—and by that time the sun had been up a while, and the air was sort of luke warm, and there was a breeze, but I decided on a t-shirt anyway. Got windier as we climbed the hill, and the wind was from the wrong direction, and I really didn’t expect a load of new birds—but right away, I had a first-of-year Red-eyed Vireo.
Eastern Phoebe.
Toward the summit, coming around a curve, dog and I came upon a turkey. Just sitting there, six feet off the trail. I stopped and told Jack, “Wait,” which was the bird’s cue to get up and leave. Dang.
Windy at the summit. Clouds blew over and it rained a little. A spattering. Met up with some hiking friends, chatted a bit. Not a load of birds, but a pretty good collection.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Common Yellowthroat
3. Tufted Titmouse (v)
4. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
5. Eastern Phoebe
6. Red-eyed Vireo†
7. Eastern Towhee
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Gray Catbird
10. Black-and-white Warbler
11. Chestnut-sided Warbler
12. Nashville Warbler (v)
13. Osprey
14. Mourning Dove
15. American Crow*
16. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
17. Wild Turkey
18. Veery
19. Blue Jay
20. Song Sparrow**
21. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
22. Northern Cardinal (v)
23. Yellow Warbler (v)
24. Downy Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
25. Herring Gull
26. European Starling
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Landscape.
Tags: American crow, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, osprey, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, wild turkey, yellow warbler
